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Article: Tracking the `Red Wolves of Radfan': from 1964 through 1967, the British tried to tame the badlands of Aden, now Yemen. (War On Terrorism).(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- VFW Magazine
- Article date:
- August 1, 2002
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Tommies of the British army called it a "punishment station." And from the time it became a colony in 1839, Aden--located on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula--lived up to that reputation.
When the country got caught up in the Cold War, British troops were sent in to sort things out. The enemy then constituted two rival Marxist movements. But the combat conditions are not much different now than they were in the mid-'60s.
Two distinct campaigns were waged: one against urban terrorism, the other to combat desert nomads. Both proved equally frustrating. And each offer lessons for the American advisers currently operating in that inhospitable land. ...